#OrangeHouse (Tasman Peninsula)

The Orange House is an award winning holiday home located on the Tasman Peninsula - 50 acres of fenced paddocks, landscape, walking tracks & views of Norfolk Bay. Guests are greeted by a caretaker & left to enjoy. Relax or use as a base to explore local festivals, Three Capes Walk, Yellow Boat Tour, Bangor Wine & Oyster Bar, Lavender Farm, local whisky/ gin, or the Port Arthur Historic Site. Amazing wildlife, pristine beaches, spectacular star gazing & possibility of seeing the Southern Aurora. The space The Orange House was shortlisted for Top 10 Global Houses in the International Architecture Awards (Nov. 2015). Architecture Tasmania award winner (2015). Magazine feature DWELL (Nov. 2015). Steel Profile (May. 2015). Jam Factory (NFP) Steel Art Design Architecture traveling exhibition (2017-2019). Tasmanian Architect, Misho + Associates. The house is super-insulated (ie. walls, floors and ceilings) to maintain cooling in summer and warmth in winter. The house is highly visible due to its external orange metal panels, colour matched to the region's fiery lichen and indigenous waratah shrub's bright flowers. The orange panels slide open to reveal a two-stage, private core. Windows align perfectly with the parted panels to access north views across Norfolk Bay. Guest access Guests have access to the entire house and all parts of the 50 acre property including walking trails. The property caretaker owns an adjoining property and is available for help if needed, including contact from the the owners (host) via messaging/ mobile phone. Guests do not have access to the shed behind the house which shall remain locked at all times. Car parking spaces are available at the front and back of the house. The Orange House has an approved planning permit issued by the Tasman Council for visitor accommodation, noting that the "maximum occupancy permitted is five (5) persons only". Other things to note There is a fully appointed kitchen featuring Miele appliances: induction stove top, microwave combi oven, main electric oven, dishwasher, kettle (with T2 tea), and Nespresso coffee capsule machine. There is a Webber bbq (wood/briquettes, not gas) off the back deck. There is a TV in the main lounge room and in both bedrooms, bluetooth portable speaker to play Spotify music. Access to the internet is via your own portable modem or mobile phone (hotspot connection). Laundry includes Miele washing machine & dryer plus three clothes racks that can be erected on decks or inside. A small library with novels and Tasmanian coffee table books/ tourist brochures to read. A DVD player is located in lounge room to watch various DVD titles, includes various Netflicks DVD box set titles. Bedroom 1 & 2 have queen sized beds made from solid birds-eye Huon Pine (Tasmanian Design Centre in Launceston). The Tasman Peninsula is great for: photographers, bush walkers, foodies, families and professionals who need a break from city stresses. Complimentary: milk and coffee and pantry. Please let us know if there is anything else that you would like our co-host to source for you. The House is new, completed in 2015/16. All water for kitchen, showers, bathrooms, laundry is from rainwater tanks (30kL). Drinking water is from a stainless steel faucet on the kitchen bench top providing purified water using a two-stage filtration process: Stage 1 – Royal Doulton ceramic 0.2 micron Pre-filter: mechanically filters out bacteria, parasites, dirt, rust and sediment. Stage 2 – Carbon block 1 micron Post-filter: uses ultra-fine ceramic technology with a premium 1 micron carbon block filter manufactured in the USA to effectively remove chlorine, chemicals, pesticides, unpleasant tastes/ odour and heavy metals. Made from premium coconut-shell carbon, fresher, sweeter tasting water and micro-biologically safe drinking water. Registration Details DA2019/00012